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                                    LARLJ 6
                         DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC RECORDS


1. The following records and files of this Court are declared confidential:

     (A) Affidavits for probable cause for arrest warrants before the warrant
         has been served and returned.

     (B) Mental health, psychiatric, and medical reports.

     (C) Alcohol and drug evaluations and follow up reports.

     (D) Unless admitted into evidence, certified copies of driving records, abstracts
         of driving records, and compiled reports of arrests and convictions;

     (E) Judges notes and work sheets.

2. Access to confidential records is limited to persons authorized by statute
or who obtain a Court order.

3. FILE RESEARCH FEE

The Court Administrator shall provide procedures and staff for requests made
for research in the files of the Court.  In the event a request is made to
research the contents of files, which have been archived, an Archive Research
Fee of $25 per hour shall be charged to the requesting party with a minimum of
one hour paid prior to the research commencing.
	

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